Outers - Revision history

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The original text

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	''[[Outers]]'' programme notes in 1985.		''[[Outers]]'' programme notes in 1985.
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		+	[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

	[[Barry Hough]]. 1985. "Simon kry groot name vir drama", ''[[Beeld]]'' (Kalender, p.1) 10 January, 1985.		[[Barry Hough]]. 1985. "Simon kry groot name vir drama", ''[[Beeld]]'' (Kalender, p.1) 10 January, 1985.

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−	''[[Outers]]'' is a workshopped play by [[Barney Simon]] (1932-1995), [[Nicky Rebelo]] and Cast.	+	''[[Outers]]'' is a workshopped play by [[Barney Simon]] (1932-1995), [[Nicky Rebelo]] (1958-) and Cast.

	==The original text==		==The original text==

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−	''[[Outers]]'' is a workshopped play by [[Barney Simon]], [[Nicky Rebelo]] and Cast.	+	''[[Outers]]'' is a workshopped play by [[Barney Simon]] (1932-1995), [[Nicky Rebelo]] and Cast.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed at the [[Market Theatre]] in March. Directed by Barney Simon with [[Nicky Rebelo]] (Klerks), [[Marius Weyers]] (Hennie), [[Gys de Villiers]] (Bles), [[Marié Human]] (Charmaine), [[Lida Meiring]] (Auntie Gwen), [[Marcel van Heerden]] (Boytie), [[James Whyle]] (Richard).  Designed by [[Anita Berman]]. Lighting design by [[Mannie Manim]].
+: Performed at the [[Market Theatre]] in March. Directed by [[Barney Simon]] with [[Nicky Rebelo]] (Klerks), [[Marius Weyers]] (Hennie), [[Gys de Villiers]] (Bles), [[Marié Human]] (Charmaine), [[Lida Meiring]] (Auntie Gwen), [[Marcel van Heerden]] (Boytie), [[James Whyle]] (Richard).  Designed by [[Anita Berman]]. Lighting design by [[Mannie Manim]].
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 According to the programme notes for the original production, "''[[Outers]]'' embodies Simon's credo as Artistic Director of the [[Market Theatre]]: 'to reflect our lives... to attempt a theatre that is alive to all dramatic possibilities that surround us - not only the obvious news stories, but the faces, the biographies, the vernaculars... that reach even to our doorsteps... to attempt a theatre that entertains and informs".
-The original script is held by [[NELM]] in the [[Barney Simon]] collection (''Collection: SIMON, Barney: 1995. 11. 5. 7. 1.'') and was published in ''[[Born in the RSA: Four Workshopped Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]] in 1997.
+The original script is held by [[NELM]] in the [[Barney Simon]] collection (''1995. 11. 5. 7. 1.'') and was published in ''[[Born in the RSA: Four Workshopped Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]] in 1997.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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-''[[Outers]]'' is a workshopped play by [[Barney Simon]], [[Nicky Rebelo]] and the cast.
+''[[Outers]]'' is a workshopped play by [[Barney Simon]], [[Nicky Rebelo]] and Cast.
 ==The original text==
-The idea for the play came from a writing project undertaken by [[Nicky Rebelo]] while a student at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] in 1981, for which he made tape recordings of conversations with the down-and-outs of Joubert Park in Johannesburg and edited them into a text.
+The idea for the documentary style play came from a writing project undertaken by [[Nicky Rebelo]] while a student at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] in 1981, for which he made tape recordings of conversations with the down-and-outs of Joubert Park in Johannesburg and edited them into a text.
-Rebelo's text formed the basis of the ''[[Outers]]'' project undertaken by [[Barney Simon]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1985. Having gathered a select cast of performers to participate in the workshop process, during which - guided by Simon and Rebelo -  the cast were sent into parks, streets and work-places of JOhannesburg, "in character", to hunt for jobs, food, cigarettes, handouts and gaining invaluable empathy for the people the moved among. Also a wealth of new and topical material. Five weeks of processing the material, now under the direction of [[Barney Simon]], resulted in the play now named ''[[Outers]]''.
+Rebelo's text formed the basis of the ''[[Outers]]'' project undertaken by [[Barney Simon]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1985. Simon gathered a select cast of seven talented performers to participate in the workshop process, during which they were sent into parks, streets and work-places of Johannesburg, "in character", to hunt for jobs, food, cigarettes, handouts and thus gaining a wealth of new and topical material as well as invaluable empathy for the people they moved among.
 According to the programme notes for the original production, "''[[Outers]]'' embodies Simon's credo as Artistic Director of the [[Market Theatre]]: 'to reflect our lives... to attempt a theatre that is alive to all dramatic possibilities that surround us - not only the obvious news stories, but the faces, the biographies, the vernaculars... that reach even to our doorsteps... to attempt a theatre that entertains and informs".
-== The original text ==
+The original script is held by [[NELM]] in the [[Barney Simon]] collection (''Collection: SIMON, Barney: 1995. 11. 5. 7. 1.'') and was published in ''[[Born in the RSA: Four Workshopped Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]] in 1997.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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−	'''Outers''' is a play by [[Barney Simon]] and [[Nicky Rebelo]]. Full-length. Cast: mixed.	+	''[[Outers]]'' is a play by [[Barney Simon]] and [[Nicky Rebelo]]. Full-length. Cast: mixed.

	Quoted from the programme notes of ''[[Outers]]'' in 1985: 'In 1981 Nicky Rebelo, then a student at Wits, taperecorded conversations with the down-and-outs of Joubert Park. These were edited, as part of a writing project, into a text which has formed the basis of the ''[[Outers]]'' project. In February 1985, the cast of ''[[Outers]]'' began moving into parks, streets and work-places of JOhannesburg, 'in character', hunting for jobs, food, cigarettes, handouts and gaining invaluable empathy for the people the moved among. Also a wealth of new and topical material. Five weeks of processing under the direction of [[Barney Simon]] has resulted in a new South African play, ''[[Outers]]''. ''[[Outers]]'' embodies Simon's credo as Artistic Director of the [[Market Theatre]]: 'to reflect our lives... to attempt a theatre that is alive to all dramatic possibilities that surround us - not only the obvious news stories, but the faces, the biographies, the vernaculars... that reach even to our doorsteps... to attempt a theatre that entertains and informs'.		Quoted from the programme notes of ''[[Outers]]'' in 1985: 'In 1981 Nicky Rebelo, then a student at Wits, taperecorded conversations with the down-and-outs of Joubert Park. These were edited, as part of a writing project, into a text which has formed the basis of the ''[[Outers]]'' project. In February 1985, the cast of ''[[Outers]]'' began moving into parks, streets and work-places of JOhannesburg, 'in character', hunting for jobs, food, cigarettes, handouts and gaining invaluable empathy for the people the moved among. Also a wealth of new and topical material. Five weeks of processing under the direction of [[Barney Simon]] has resulted in a new South African play, ''[[Outers]]''. ''[[Outers]]'' embodies Simon's credo as Artistic Director of the [[Market Theatre]]: 'to reflect our lives... to attempt a theatre that is alive to all dramatic possibilities that surround us - not only the obvious news stories, but the faces, the biographies, the vernaculars... that reach even to our doorsteps... to attempt a theatre that entertains and informs'.